Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. Robert E. Lee was the commanding general of the Confederate Army.
General Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Armies of the Confederate States of America.
The commander (president) of the Confederacy itself was Jefferson Davis. The commander of the Confederate Army was Robert E. Lee.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. As such he would have been the Commander in Chief of the Armies of the Confedracy.
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Jefferson Davis was the Commander in Chief of all Confederate armies. He was the President of the Confederate States of America.
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In the Confederate States, there were multiple commanders who led the Confederate army at different times during the American Civil War. The most well-known Confederate commander was General Robert E. Lee. In the United States, the commander of the army is typically the President of the United States as the Commander-in-Chief, while the actual day-to-day leadership falls to the General of the Army, who is currently General Mark A. Milley.
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General Robert E. Lee lead the army, Jefferson Davis led the Confederate states as their president.
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Term for the President as commander of the nation's armed forces.